▲ 665 ▼ When someone replies to this and says 'stop making everything political' they mean to tell you to stop challenging the status quo (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Custoslibera@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.ml 157 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Custoslibera@lemmy.world [S] -7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Yes yes I used hyperbole. Sue me. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) yes I wrote "literally everything" but that does'nt mean that I meant "literally everything" I can accept that ok so now that we've established that there are things that aren't political, it makes sense to say "don't make everything political", because there are in fact things that aren't political (yet). however responding "literally everything is political, if you think otherwise, you're profiting from the system" doesn't make sense, since there are non political things permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Custoslibera@lemmy.world [S] -16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I don’t have time to explain how you moved the goal posts from: Everything is politics does not literally mean all matter is comprised of politics (I.e. atoms are a thing) To Atoms exists therefore there are social issues that aren’t political. All social issues remain political even in a world with atoms. Edit: turns out I did have time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago Atoms exists therefore there are social issues that aren’t political. I never said that and this isn't my opinion. you didn't say "every social issue is political" (which I agree with btw), you said "everything is political". and since "everything" includes atoms, they are either political and you're right or they're not and you're wrong. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago "literally everything is political" ok then, can you remove the hyperbole and tell me the result? (spoiler: they wont) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) yes I wrote "literally everything" but that does'nt mean that I meant "literally everything" I can accept that ok so now that we've established that there are things that aren't political, it makes sense to say "don't make everything political", because there are in fact things that aren't political (yet). however responding "literally everything is political, if you think otherwise, you're profiting from the system" doesn't make sense, since there are non political things permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] Custoslibera@lemmy.world [S] -16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I don’t have time to explain how you moved the goal posts from: Everything is politics does not literally mean all matter is comprised of politics (I.e. atoms are a thing) To Atoms exists therefore there are social issues that aren’t political. All social issues remain political even in a world with atoms. Edit: turns out I did have time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago Atoms exists therefore there are social issues that aren’t political. I never said that and this isn't my opinion. you didn't say "every social issue is political" (which I agree with btw), you said "everything is political". and since "everything" includes atoms, they are either political and you're right or they're not and you're wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Custoslibera@lemmy.world [S] -16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) I don’t have time to explain how you moved the goal posts from: Everything is politics does not literally mean all matter is comprised of politics (I.e. atoms are a thing) To Atoms exists therefore there are social issues that aren’t political. All social issues remain political even in a world with atoms. Edit: turns out I did have time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago Atoms exists therefore there are social issues that aren’t political. I never said that and this isn't my opinion. you didn't say "every social issue is political" (which I agree with btw), you said "everything is political". and since "everything" includes atoms, they are either political and you're right or they're not and you're wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 7 points 2 years ago Atoms exists therefore there are social issues that aren’t political. I never said that and this isn't my opinion. you didn't say "every social issue is political" (which I agree with btw), you said "everything is political". and since "everything" includes atoms, they are either political and you're right or they're not and you're wrong. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ArcticLynx@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago "literally everything is political" ok then, can you remove the hyperbole and tell me the result? (spoiler: they wont) permalink fedilink source parent
